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Die Antwoord (Afrikaans: "The Answer") is a Zef-Rap band from Cape Town, South Africa consisting of Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek.
Die Antwoord made their debut in 2009 at Ramfest, a yearly music festival outside Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa where they performed their song “Doosdronk” with punk rock act Fokofpolisiekar and rapper Jack Parow.
The band self-identifies as a melange of several diverse cultures all mixed into one. Because of their race, they have been compared to American rappers Eminem and Vanilla Ice. The band has signed with Netherlands music company Magnetron Music and is planning to tour Europe and Scandinavia in April 2010 and the USA later that same year. They announced via their website that they will be visiting France, Belgium, The Netherlands and The UK as part of their tour, however, the tour has been put on hold indefinitely after band member DJ Hi-Tek went missing in January, 2010. Tracks from their upcoming album $O$ are currently streamed on their official website to preview the album.
History
Band leader Ninja (Watkin Tudor Jones) previously founded another art/music project called Max Normal along with female rapper Yo-Landi. In South Africa, Jones is commonly known as "Waddy," but frequently will not answer to this name. In 1994 "Waddy" fronted The Original Evergreens and released their albums Puff the Magic (1995) and Burn the Evidence (1997) signed to Sony Music. After The Original Evergreens, Ninja fronted hip-hop band Max Normal. Yo-landi and Ninja are married and have a daughter. Die Antwoord experienced a surge of popularity and international attention February 2010 after being featured on multiple widely-read blogs. The sudden increase in traffic brought down their website until it was moved to a new server.
Discography
Tracks from their upcoming debut album '$O$' are hosted and streamed via the bands official website for free - Ninja also handed out free albums with hand-drawn artwork at live shows called $O$: Burnt By the Master.
The album is known to include the following songs:
- Beat Boy
- Dagga Puff
- Doosdronk feat. Jack Parow and Fokofpolisiekar
- Enter The Ninja
- I Don't Need You
- Liewe Maatjies
- Rich Bitch
- Scopie
- Super Evil killer prawn remix
- Very Fancy
- Wat Pomp
- Wie Maakie Jol Vol
References
- ^ S.African Afrikaans rappers takes Internet by storm Reuters. Accessed 10:20, 6 February 2010 (UTC).
- Die Antwoord op BakhtinRapport.
- Freaky Friday: "Enter the Ninja" - Die Antwoord Westword. Accessed 10:40, 6 February 2010 (UTC).
- DJ Hi-Tek van Die Antwoord word al ses dae vermis. Die Burger. Accessed 2010-02-03.
- 24 Facts: Die Antwoord Channel24